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| THE SPARRING PARTNER's Ho Cheuk Tin wins Best New Director, but regrets that his actors do not win any award |
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| Lau Kok-Rui courtesy of mingpao.com |
The films THE SPARRING PARTNER (JING YI WUI LONG) and THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET (BAK YUN CHING CHUN) two nights ago held celebrations after the Hong Kong Film Awards. Ho Cheuk Tin with THE SPARRING PARTNER won Best New Director. This film's Best Editing award was a surprise, but he felt disappointed and regret over the cast not winning any award. Was he confident about Mak Pui Tung and Yeung Wai Lun's Best Actor chances before hand? He said, "I had confidence in everyone, but I am happy with two awards too." Speaking of the Best New Director Award's HK$ 100,000 prize money, he said, "I can use it for rent, I can resolve the problem of survival and life temporarily." He said that he had no expectation to win Best Director, getting the nomination was very rare. As for THE SPARRING PARTNER losing Best Film, Ho Cheuk Tin lamented that it was beyond his means.
THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET's director Lau Kok-Rui lost Best New Director but felt being nomination was the greatest recognition. He was the happiest that Sahal Zaman (Lam Lok) won Best New Performer. He said, "(Anthony) Wong Chau Sun and I have already won at the Golden Horse Award, so we can pretend it's an alternative grand slam!"
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